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The Girl Who Couldn't Read (2014)

by John Harding(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0007324235 (ISBN13: 9780007324231)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Blue Door

review 1: Unbeknownst to me until I was two-thirds of the way through this wonderful gothic literary thriller, when it dawned on me this was a sequel. How could this possibly escape my attention? I hadn't read Florence and Giles yet that's how. But it is on my 'to read' list and thus it twigged with me somewhere in the corridors of the island mental hospital where this novel is set. One Dr. John Shepherd arrives to the island and is somewhat uncomfortable with the treatment of the women by Dr Morgan and his nursing charge O'Reilly. In an act of benevolent 'can't wait to say I told you so', Morgan allows Shepherd one patient to be under his sole care with a kinder, "moral treatment". Shepherd selects a young girl of sixteen, who talks in odd ways, but I did find that quite delightful... more. There is no mistaking her meaning however 'incorrectly' she speaks. The girl cannot read but loves books and so it is with bibliotherapy that Shepherd begins to 'treat'. Many secrets are slowly unhoused in this story and I was delightfully drawn in. I found the first person POV a little "I, I, I" at times but never lacked for a twist in the plot for me. Loved the ending. I will definitely be reading Florence and Giles now.
review 2: Eu realmente esperava mais desse livro! Quando soube que haveria uma continuação para A Menina que Não Sabia Ler, achei que os mistérios do primeiro livro seriam resolvidos nesse volume, mas para a minha surpresa a Florence é apenas uma personagem secundária sem muita importância. Não há quase conexão entre o segundo livro e o primeiro, o que me desapontou muito porque eu esperava uma narrativa tão sombria e assustadora quanto A Menina Que Não Sabia Ler. Terminei de lê-lo sem entender bem o propósito da história e o que o autor queria contar com tudo aquilo. Que desfecho péssimo! Acho que ele realmente se perdeu nessa continuação, é uma pena porque a sinopse parecia tão interessante e tinha muito potencial. :/ É um livro gostoso de ser ler, a escrita do John Harding flui bem, mas terei que dar duas estrelas pela enrolação e por ter sido uma história tão vazia. less

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